“It’s you!”
The Herrscher of Ice looked at Enoxia’s face as if flames were about to shoot out from her eyes.
“I can’t believe you still remember me after seventeen years. It seems I really left a deep impression on you…”
Seeing Enoxia’s slightly mocking expression, the Herrscher of Ice seemed to be triggered by some keyword. Ignoring Raiden Mei, who had just caught her breath, she charged toward Enoxia at full speed.
“What happened to that calm composure you had just now?”
Enoxia stood still without moving, but a portal suddenly appeared in front of her. By the time the Herrscher of Ice realized something was wrong, it was already too late. She couldn’t brake in time and her entire body plunged into the portal. On the other side, all she saw was Sirin’s fist.
Because it all happened so suddenly, she had no time to defend herself. Sirin’s punch landed square on her chest, and she was sent flying.
The Judgement-class Honkai beast born from the Herrscher of Ice was about to chase after her, but Theresa exerted her strength again, and the beast once again fell flat on its face.
“Principal, thank you for your hard work.”
Enoxia walked in front of the beast, placed her hand on its head, and let the power of erosion flow gently into it, rewriting its cognition.
The Herrscher of Ice knew exactly what Enoxia was trying to do. Ignoring Sirin who was hot on her heels, she charged straight toward Enoxia.
But no matter how fast she ran, how could she outrun Sirin’s full-map teleportation? Sirin blinked and appeared right in front of her. Left with no choice, the Herrscher of Ice had to brawl with Sirin while struggling to get closer to Enoxia.
Soon enough, the Herrscher of Ice seized an opportunity. She adjusted her angle, used the clash of fists with Sirin as a chance, and deliberately lowered her defense so that when she was punched away, she would fly precisely toward Enoxia.
Sure enough, the Herrscher of Ice’s move interrupted Enoxia’s erosion. Her Judgement-class Honkai beast went from being completely under her control to a disoriented wild monster. From that perspective, things hadn’t reached the worst possible state.
But then, as the Herrscher of Ice picked herself up from the ground, she saw golden chains.
Enoxia snapped her fingers, and the lance of the Mimic Oath of Judah pierced through her body.
“5798 HW.”
“5202 HW.”
“4376 HW.”
“3488 HW.”
…
After the lance of the Mimic Oath of Judah impaled her, everyone noticed that her Honkai energy intensity dropped rapidly, finally stabilizing around 3000 HW.
“Just as I thought. An intensity of 5885 HW—at least 2000 HW of that was just for show. But since the Mimic Oath of Judah brought her Honkai energy back to normal levels after hitting her, could it be that the sudden surge in her Honkai energy was because…”
After all, the Mimic Oath of Judah wasn’t the real Oath of Judah. There was no way to activate the Divine Blessing Barrier. So it only restrained her for a short while before she broke free.
But the Mimic Oath of Judah’s restraint gave Sirin plenty of time to lock onto her position. Just as the Herrscher of Ice was about to attack Enoxia again, Sirin teleported her right back to her side and kicked her flying once more.
If Sirin had been more skilled in using the Authority of the Herrscher of the Void and had a better perception of space, she could have predicted the Herrscher of Ice’s landing point, opened a portal there before she hit the ground, and repeated the process over and over again—making her experience the feeling of never being able to land at all.
This time, as soon as the Herrscher of Ice got up, Sirin’s attacks followed right after. With her Honkai energy intensity back to normal, a single-core Herrscher fighting against a dual-core Herrscher quickly found herself at a disadvantage.
Enoxia, meanwhile, wasn’t in a hurry to erode the nearby Judgement-class Honkai beast. Instead, while Sirin and the Herrscher of Ice were fighting, she occasionally projected her consciousness onto the Herrscher of Ice.
Although this method couldn’t control another Herrscher, it clearly slowed down her movements. And deep within the Herrscher of Ice’s consciousness, Enoxia found Kiana, who was fast asleep.
Right now, Kiana felt like she had returned to St. Freya Academy. But the vast campus was eerily quiet, and as far as she could see, there wasn’t a single person around.
“Mei, Bronya, I’m back!”
Kiana pulled open the door to the dormitory, only to find it as empty as the outside.
“They’re not here… Did they go on a mission?”
With that thought, Kiana left the dormitory and entered the school building.
Inside the building, every classroom was empty. The blackboards, desks, and chairs were all as clean as if they were brand new.
Arriving at the principal’s office, Kiana pushed the door open without knocking.
“Aunt Himeko, Aunt Theresa, are you here?”
Just like before, there was no response to her words.
“How strange. Where has everyone gone?”
Just then, the pristine white walls suddenly looked as if someone had splashed paint on them. Large patches of blue and purple appeared, and the two colors merged together, eventually forming the shape of Enoxia.
But right now, her figure kept flickering, as if she had a bad internet connection.
“Enoxia, what’s wrong with you?”
Finally seeing someone she recognized made Kiana very excited.
“Illu—”
She barely got out a single word before the already blurry figure vanished completely, as if disconnected.
This was, of course, because Enoxia’s intrusion had met strong resistance from the Herrscher of Ice. Her consciousness was treated like a virus and eliminated by the firewall.
But here’s the problem. At that very moment, the Herrscher of Ice was still fighting Sirin. Already at a disadvantage, she now had to divert her focus to fend off Enoxia’s erosion. The battle instantly turned into a one-sided beating by Sirin.
As the Subspace Core detonated against her chest, the Herrscher of Ice was once again sent flying ungracefully.
But this time, her landing point happened to be right next to Otto.
